Bath Book Bed

Posted: Thursday 26th April 2018

Bath Book Bed

We know that sleep is a number one concern for new (and not so new) families. Bath, Book, Bed is a tried and trusted way of ensuring that little ones establish a great sleep routine, enabling everyone in the family to get some rest. Super nanny Jo Frost has teamed up with BookTrust on their Bath, Book, Bed campaign.

Bath Book and Bed provides the practical answers to some of the most frequently asked questions such as,

My child refuses to go upstairs for bed - the battle starts before it's even begun. What can I do?

My child prefers playing on my tablet to reading. Can I substitute my tablet for a book?

My child always asks for another story and then gets upset at the end of the story time so the routine ends up being unsettling.

There are plenty of books to choose for free from at your local library that will make both bath and bedtime routines something to look forward to. Below are some suggestions which make Bath time a real adventure, whether it is on the way to the bathroom with “On my way to the bath” by Sarah Maize, in the bath, with “How to wash a woolly mammoth” by Michelle Robinson, or “Bathroom Boogie” by Claire Foges which reveals what really happens in the bathroom when all the children have gone to school and adults to work.

Also why not visit your local library weekly Toddler tales session or Baby Rhyme Time, a great place to hear new stories, make new friends and have fun, details of sessions can be found at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/libraries

Bath Book Bed

Title

Author

On my way to the Bath

Sarah Maize

A long exciting journey to the bath fraught with obstacles, including cartwheels to perform, a jungle to explore and a world to rule!

Get out of my bath

Britta Teckentrup

Tilt and shake the book and try and get the other amimals out of Ellie the Elephants bath tub.

How to wash a woolly mammoth

Michelle Robinson

Find out exactly how to wash your mammoth in this hilarious instruction manual - just remember don't get any soap in its eyes or it might escape up a tree!

Bathroom Boogie

Claire Foges

The bathroom comes alive with the Bathroom boogie when the children are at school and the adults at work

Small Elephants bath time

Tatyana Feeney

Small Elephant loves water but not in the bath. A tantrum is brewing. Mummy elephant has one last idea how to persuade small elephant to get into the bath

I don’t want to have a bath

Julie Sykes

'Bathing is fun,' says Mummy Tiger, but Little Tiger doesn't think so and runs into the jungle to play

He gets dirtier and dirtier until…..

The big red bath

Julia Jarman

Adrian Reynolds

Bathtime has never been so much fun. Ben and Bella have an increasingly crowded bath time as animals arrive one by one ask to get in the bath. A riotous story with bouncy rhythmic rhymes which match the exuberant detailed illustrations guaranteed to engage your child